The current post-modernist building consists of three main pavilions designed individually by architects Philippe Starck, Alessandro Mendini, Coop Himmelb(l)au, and was completed in 1994.

[3] The radically modernist structures that form the Groninger Museum stand in a canal opposite Groningen railway station.

They consist of three main pavilions: a silver cylindrical building designed by Philippe Starck,[5] a yellow tower by Alessandro Mendini, and a pale blue deconstructivist space by Coop Himmelb(l)au.

[6] A bridge that connects the museum to the train station is part of a cycling and walking path to the centre of the city.

The architecture's futuristic and colourful style echoes the Italian Post Modern designs of the Memphis Group.

Citizens' objections centred on the controversial design, fearing their homes would not sell with such a peculiar and eccentric structure nearby.

The Groninger Museum is home to various exhibitions of local, national, and international works of art, most of them modern and abstract.